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A Broken Man in Flower
- Versions of Yannis Ritsos
Engelsk Paperback
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A Broken Man in Flower
- Versions of Yannis Ritsos
Engelsk Paperback

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A Broken Man in Flower presents new versions of work by one of the most significant Greek poets of the last century, translated by one of the UK''s most renowned contemporary poets.

The life of Yannis Ritsos was, to say the least, troubled. From an early age, he was dogged by the tuberculosis that killed his mother and brother. His father and sister suffered breakdowns and spent time in institutions. His poem Epitaphios (1936), a lament for a young man shot dead by the police during a tobacco workers’ strike, was publicly burned by the Metaxas regime and his books banned. Throughout his life he wa repeatedly persecuted, arrested and placed under house arrest by the oppressive Greek authorities.

The violence and tyranny of dictatorship is often fractured by the surreal. In the poems collected here, written by Ritsos while in prison and under house arrest, that fracture in perception is a wound. A Broken Man in Flower has an introduction by John Kittmer and includes the text of an illuminating and vivid letter sent by Ritsos to his publisher in 1969 while under house arrest on Samos describing his life – and the lives of Greeks – under the repressive rule of the Colonels.

Harsent''s versions of Ritsos'' poems express the revolutionary and experimental nature of his work while also remaining accurate translations from the Greek.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
192
ISBN-13:
9781780376493
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1780376499
Udg. Dato:
23 mar 2023
Længde:
16mm
Bredde:
232mm
Højde:
157mm
Forlag:
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Oplagsdato:
23 mar 2023
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